Hame-fastener.



No 822,232. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. J. H. ALEXANDER.

HAME FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEP'LZG, 190s.

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JAMES HENRY ALEXANDER, OF FULWOOD, ARKANSAS.

HAM E-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed September 25. 1905. Serial No. 279,955.

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES HENRY ALEX- ANDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fulwood, in the county of St. Francis and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHame-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showinga hamefastener embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the relativelymovable hook.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

This invention embodies improvements in hame-fasteners of the typecomprising two hooks and a ratchet-dog mounted to adjustably connect thehooks. For the purposes of this description the hook 1 will bedesignated as relatively movable, while the hook 2 is relatively fixed.The hook 2 extends at an angle from its shank 3, which shank is oftubular formation, so as to receive the shank 4 of the hook 1, thelatter hook extending also at an angle from its shank. While the shank 3is of tubular formation, the shank 4 is solid and virtually consists ofa stem adapted to pass through the shank 3, being mounted therein whenthe two hooks 1 and 2 are connected in operative relation. The shank 4of the hook 1 is provided with a plurality of teeth 5 longitudinallythereof, said teeth forming shoulders at intervals and being adapted tobe engaged by one end of the catch 6, applied to the shank 3 of the hook2. The catch 6 comprises a dog pivoted between its ends, as shown at 7,the end of the catch opposite that engaging the shank 4 being widened toform a finger-piece 8, between which and the adjacent side portion ofthe shank 3 is interposed a spring 9, a short lug 10 projectingoutwardly from the shank 3, so as to prevent displacement of the spring9, which is of the coil type. The catch 6 is pivoted to spaced lugs 1 1,integrally formed with the shank 3 or hook2. The catch 6 is arranged atone side of the shank 3 and in this position is not liable to be brokenoff by branches of trees or the like under which the animal to which thefastener is secured may pass. Further, the arrangement of the catch issuch thatthe same is not likely to receive foreign matter, which wouldinterfere with the proper working thereof under actual conditions ofservice.

The arrangement of the hooks 1 and 2 with respect to their shanks 4 and3, respectively, is peculiar in that the shanks are adapted to bearranged in alinement and when the hooks are connected the shank 4 willproject across the mouth of the hook 2 and virtually form a mousingtherefor. By so doing the shank 4 will prevent accidental disconnectionof the hook 2 from the hame should the latter become loose in any way.

The device is simple and adapted. to be worked readily under allconditions of service. The fastener is also inexpensive from thestandpoint of manufacture,-and the arrangement of the hooks thereof withreference to the shanks is such that the hooks will snugly fit about thecollar. Attention is also directed to the fact that the strain is notconcentrated upon the catch 6, but is equally distributed throughout thehook 3, thereby greatly increasing the durability of the devlce.

Having thus described the invention, what and adapted to engage theshoulders on the shank of the second hook to connect the two hookstogether.

. In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENRY ALEXANDER. [1,. 3.] Witnesses:

DENNIS DOWNEY, O. J. Goon.

